Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2573, John Garrigues, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Garrigues, John
S 2573
carded
CONTENTS

17580-
Jersey
Garligues -
was 60 in the State of N. J.
was a Pri - in the Conn commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col Seeley in the N. H. Troops for 2 Years & N. J. militia -
Death not in A. B
scribed on the Roll of N. J.
the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 - day of August - 1883 and sent - L. Condict
Present.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ . 160 -
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 4, 40
$ 200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Root Clk
Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 113

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, County of Morris } ss.
Morris Co. Pleas, July & Aug. Session Term, 1832 John Garigus
On this first day of August, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas now sitting, John Garigus a resident of Stanton in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged forty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He first entered the army in the Militia, at Morristown, and served one month at Elizabethtown in New Jersey, in August seventeen hundred seventy six; but cannot certainly tell in what Company or the name of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment; He had just entered the seventeenth year of his age, and thinks he was drafted to do this tour of duty. He first enlisted for three Months in the Militia service in the beginning of the winter of seventeen hundred seventy six in Capt. Josiah Heall's company, of "minute men" so called. and was marched to Ash Swamp, as it was then called in Essex County New Jersey. The British at that time lay in New Bruns- wick and Amboy, in which tour of duty he served out the full term of three months, but has no recollection of having any written discharge. While in this tour of duty, the Regt he was in, was engaged in three skirmish- es or fights, with the British, The principal one was that of Ash Swamp in which one man in the company of Capt. Heall was killed and several wounded. He was out again in the summer & fall of seventeen hundred & seventy seven, part of the time under Capt. Josiah Heall and several other officers, but cannot certainly recollect their names. He thinks his term of service in seventeen hundred seventy seven amounted to at least six Months part of the time at Elizabethtown, two months at Monmouth County and Red Bank, near Haddonfield in N. Jersey. In seventeen hundred and seventy eight He thinks he was drafted and served one month under Capt. DeBough, and during which tour of duty he was in the Battle of Monmouth. After this during most of the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was stationed at Elizabethtown and Newark, and at the Farms near Elizabethtown, and at Springfield in Essex County NY . In the summer of  year of seventeen hundred seventy nine, He was again out nearly half of the year, most of the time as a Substitute or Volunteer, and most of the time was stationed at Elizabethtown, Newark, and Hackensack, part of the time under Capt. Josiah Heall, and others, but cannot certainly tell the names of the Officers, at the particular times he rendered the service.

17 He has a distinct recollection that at the Battle of Springfield he was under command of Capt Josiah Heall. In seventeen hundred and eighty, he was in the service very near six months; stationed most of the time at Elizabethton and employed in guarding the lines between New Jersey and Staten Island; He was frequently transferred from one company to another; and the officers were so frequently changed that he cannot state precisely under whose command he was. In seventeen hundred eightyone he enlisted, he thinks in Col. Seely's Regiment for six months, and served part of the time at Dobbs ferry on the North River, and part of time at the Farms, or Vaux Hall road near Springfield in Essex County, N. Jersey. He thinks he was in no engagement. During this tour of service, and does not think he ever enlisted again or did any further service during the war of the Revolution. He is confident that from the first of his entering the service in seventeen hundred seventy six to the close of the year seventeen hundred eightyone he served as a common soldier one half of the time. He never held any Commission but served sometimes  at that time as a Serjeant. He was born on the 30 th day of Jan, 1760, agreeably to a family record. He lived in Hanover township, Morris County, New Jersey when he entered the service, lives there at this time, & has spent his life time there for there, except when in service of his Country. He thinks he never received a written discharge, but whenever his term of militia duty, or term of enlistment expired, he was dismissed verbally by his officers & went home.
He is well known to Stephen Pail Esq r now one of the Judges of the Court, & to Israel Banfield Esq r both of Morris town, to whom he has been known many years, & to whom he refers for his character for truth & standing in society.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. John Garigue
William Britton We Stephen Vail, & Israel Canfield Esqrs residing in the County of Morris, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Garigue, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Britton
Stephen Vail Israel Canfield
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Stephen Vail & Israel Canfield
who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Township of Morristown in the County aforesaid, and that resident in the Township of Morristown in the County aforesaid, who have subscribed to said certificate in the and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William Britton Silas Linsley
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Garigue for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Second day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
David Day

44. ... During which time he was in the Battles of the Farms near Elizabeth Town, and at Springfield in Essex County —

September 12, 1939
BA-J/MCS John Garrigues, S.2573
Mr. Chauncey H. Burnett 550 E. 38th Street Brooklyn, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Garrigues of Morris County, New Jersey, who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.2573, based on the military service of John Carrigues.
John Garrigues was born June 30, 1760. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in August, 1776, and served at various times until sometime in 1781, amounting to two and one half years in all, as private and sergeant with the New Jersey troops under Captains Josiah Hall, DeBow, Halsey and Keen, and Colonels Eleazer Lindsley, Seeley and Frelinghuysen; he was in the battles of Ashwamp near Woodbridge, Quibbletown, Monmouth, Connecticut Farms and Springfield.
John Garrigues was elected an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, in 1809.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, at which time he was living in Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey.
He stated that a part of his service in Revolution was as substitute for his brothers, David and Jacob Garrigues. There are no further data relative to the family of John Garrigues.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Garrigues, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
John Garrigues, Certificate 17580, issued August 26, 1833, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of New Jersey } Morris County } p.
Be it remembered, that on this Nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord 1833, before the subscriber, a justice of peace in & for the County of Morris, personally John Garrigues of said County, aged 73 years, well known to me to be a man of truth & good character, & having been duly sworn, saith, that he is the same John Garrigues, who on the first day of August 1832, before the judges of the Court of common pleas in & for the County of our said, made his Declaration, for the purpose of obtaining a pension for Revolutionary services, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - which Declaration, as he understands, is suspended, because the best evidence of which the case is susceptible, does not appear to have been produced. — He has faithfully endeavoured to obtain testimony but knows of no living witness or witnesses, who can testify in relation to his Revolutionary services, except, James Kitchell, Jonas Lyon, & W m Munn, whose depositions are annexed to his Declaration. — He served as a substitute, or took the place of Stephen Leonard, in Col. Seely's regiment, in 1781, as stated in his declaration, in the six months service, & also in the Militia service, as a substitute for his brothers David Garrigues and Jacob Garrigues but cannot recollect in what years, nor upon what occasion. Nor any other evidence. During the whole period for which he claims an allowance for his services, he was constantly engaged in actual & active Militia duties, under orders of his commanding officers, & during said time he was yet employed in any civil pursuits. Sworn & subscribed before me at Randolph Township Morris County this 19 th day of August, 1833. —
John Garrigues
Stephen Conger justice of the peace

John. Gavigers John Gaviger. — (Conduit)
No 3119
2 years per m. private.
2 years private
$86
Conduit

State of New Jersey } Be it remembered that on the twenty Morris County S.S. } seventh day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hun- dred and thirtytwo - personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the Superior Court of common pleas in and for said County, County, Jonas Dyer, to me well known as a creditable witness, and who is now on the pension list roll of the New Jersey agency, as a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, who being duly sworn accord- ing to Law, did depose and say that he was out in the three months service in the Revolutionary War, in the winter of 1777 - and belonged to the Jersey Regiment under command of Eleazer Linsley; and in the compa- ny commanded by Capt. Jonas Hall, in which Isaac Ashton was Lieutenant and Daniel Dickerson was En- sign, and was stationed at Ash Swamp near Wood- bridge in New Jersey, while the British lay in Bruns- wick and Amboy - In which town of duty he served three months - and further that John Garriges, who is now ap- plying for a pension, was then a soldier in the same com- pany, and in the same mess, with this deponent, and is certain that the said John Garriges served with him the full term of three months - and further that during said three months service, the Regiment he was in, had several skirmishes and fights with the British, among which was the battle of Ash Swamp, and Grubbtown and This deponent further states that he is not certain of

doing any other service with said John Garrigus, during the War of the Revolution -
Sworne and Subscribed before me
His Jonas Lyon mark
Joseph Jackson
State of New-Jersey Morris County s.s. } Personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas in and for said county; James Kitchell to me well known as a creditable witness, who being duly sworn according to Law, did depose and say that he is personally acquainted with John Garrigus, and has known him for more than fifty five years - This deponent has a distinct recollection of serving a three months tour of service in the War of the Revolution, in the same company, with the said John Garrigus, in the winter of 1777, and was sta- tioned at Ashawamp, near Woodbridge in New-Jersey - and that they were in the same company under Capt Josiah Hall, Lieutenant Isaac Ashton and Ensign Daniel Dick- erson, in the Regiment commanded by Eleazer Lindsley - And that during this service there was several fights with the British, in which they were engaged, among which was the battle of Ashawamp, and Quibbetown -
Sworne and Subscribed before me
James Kitchell
Joseph Jackson

State of New Jersey Morris County S.S. Be it remembered that on the first day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior courts of common pleas in and for said county, to me well known as a creditable witness, who being duly sworn according to Law on his Oath saith that during the years 1776 and until 1781 inclusive he lived in Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey; a near neighbour to Jacob Garrigues the father of John Garrigues, who is now applying for a pension for military service during the Revolutionary War, and knew the said John Garrigues then, and has been well acquainted with him ever since, and verily believes that the said John Garrigues served in the Militia or army of the Revolution at least one half the time from 1776 to 1781; For that at that time, he frequently saw him on his return from service and heard him detail many of the events of the War, that then occurred. This deponent saith that he is sixty five years of age; was never in the service; He thinks John Garrigues is eleven years older than he is —
Sworn and subscribed } before me — Joseph Jackson
W. Muir
Jos. Jackson Esq. before whom the foregoing Depositions of W. Muir, James Kitchell, & Jonas Lyon, were taken, is known to me to be a Judge of the Common Pleas Court, & Justice of Peace in the County of Morris & State of N. Jersey, & his signature as annexed to each Deposition, is in his own proper hand writing. — All three of the above named Deponents are also well known to me personally, as men of truth & worthy of belief.
Jan. 17 th 1833. —
Levi Condict, one of the Representatives from N. Jersey.

New Jersey } Morris County } p:
Be it known, that on this 28 th day of July, 1833. before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in said County, personally came, Deacon John Garigeus of said County, well known in said County to me, as a man of pure & irreproachable character for sound morals & high regard for truth, & being duly sworn, saith, that he is the same John Garigeus, who, on the 1 st August 1832, before the Court of Common Pleas of said County, made his Declaration, to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, which Declaration as he understands, is suspended for want of more minute specification of his times of service - its duration, & the names of his commanding officers, & has been returned for amendment in those respects. - He is now about 73 years of age & his memory of revolutionary events is greatly enfeebled. He has endeavored to refresh it by recollection, conversation & reading, & desires that this may be rec d . as his Amending Declaration of his services.
The first Militia service stated in his Declaration, performed at Elizabeth town in August 1776, he believes was under Captain Josiah Hall.
His enlistment under Capt. Josiah Hall for 3 months, was in December 76, as he believes, in which month he went into active service, & continued performing active duty as stated in his Declaration, till the term expired in March following, when he was discharged & went home. He refers to the testimony of Jonas Lyon & James Mitchell, who were present on this expedition. - He thinks Major Hays of Newark had a command, beside other officers not recollected. He performed 3 tours of Militia duty in the fall season of 1777, & as he believes, nearly in continuous service, in Essex & Bergen Counties, which were greatly overrun & harassed by the enemy.
The first of these 3 tours was in September, as he believes, & perhaps embraced also, a part of August. Capt. Hall, or Capt. Debow commanded the company. There was a severe skirmish or fight on Second river in Bergen County when he was stationed, & Gen. Winder commanded, as he believes, & thinks Capt. or Major Seely was present. He served a month on this tour.
His 2 d tour at the same place was for a month, & was probably in October, as he recollects that apples were plenty. Is not certain whether Capt. Hall or Debow commanded, - believes one of them did. Performed guard duty.
His 3 d tour in this year & this vicinity was performed in cold weather, late in the month of November most probably. Remembers a very cold storm when on his way home, after having served out his month & being discharged.
In 1778, he is certain that he served two months guard duty at Newark, one in the spring & the other in the summer; one under Capt. Debow, - the other

under Captain Hall, as he believes. — He was drafted & served one month under Captain Debow this year, during which month he was engaged in the battle of Monmouth. He performed as he believes during 1778, two months guard duty, at Elizabeth town & at the point, one in the spring season, believes it was in May, & the other in the summer season, after the Monmouth battle, under Capt. Hall. — He omits in their proper place, to relate 3 other tours performed in 1777, of one month each, which he recollects, — one was Elizabeth town & the point, guarding the landing, & protecting the inhabitants: — one at Red bank on the Delaware under Capt. Hall, & at Mount Holly.
The 3 d was in Monmouth  Essex County, at Lyons farm, & near Vaux-hall.
He was out in almost continuous service in the years 76, 77, 78, & 79; & so frequent were his tours of duty, & the changes of his company officers during those years, that he conscientiously believes he cannot specify more than half his service by the month, nor the names of his company officers with any absolute certainty. He was sometimes drafted, or called out by his officers — & often went as a volunteer, & as a substitute for others, beside serving his own regular & stated months. He probably served more of his time at Elizabeth town point & at the town, than at any other one place. In 1779 as he believes, he served two months at Vaux-hall in Essex County, upon guard duty under Capt. Hall, or his Subaltern officers, — one early in the spring, & the other in warm weather in summer. He also served two months in this year at Elizabeth town & at the point, protecting the inhabitants from plunder, & guarding the shores opposite Staten Island, which the enemy possessed during nearly the whole of the war. He does not remember distinctly his company officers, but believes he was under the command of Captain Hall & Capt. Keen. The first months duty was in the spring, probably April — & the other in the summer — June or July. — He also served one tour of a month, at Newark, under Capt. Hall, in May, as he thinks, & one at & near to Hackensack, in September or October, both on guard duty, & protecting inhabitants; the company officers of the last tour, he cannot recollect.
In 1780 the lower Counties of Bergen, Essex & Middlesex, were greatly annoyed by parties of the enemy from New York & Staten Island. Elizabeth town was in actual possession of the British, & of the Hessians under Genl. Knyphausen for a considerable time, & the whole Militia was out from them & the neighbouring Counties to keep them in check. This Debow with the whole of his company & officers, were out on duty, early in the spring, & in continuous service from some time in March, till after the battle & burning of Springfield, late in June. — He was stationed at various places, some times at

spring, & in continuous service from some time in March, till after the battle & burning of Springfield, late in June. - He was stationed at various places, some times at
Vassahall, sometimes at Springfield & Connecticut farms & in the neighbourhood of Eliz th town, changing their station & position according to the movements of the enemy. General Wind, Col. Sely, Col. Fulighuson, General Dickinson & other officers not recollected, had command of the militia at this period, as well as in 78, & in 79. - In May, or early in June 80, the enemy in considerable force came out as far as Connecticut farms - where the militia had a skirmish with them. The enemy set fire to the village & church, & retreated. In a piece of wood, between Eliz th town & the landing place, the militia fired upon them & another severe skirmish took place, in which several were killed on both sides. This Deponent & his company were present & engaged in these skirmishes. He escaped in carrying off one dead man who fell near him, a cannon shot having completely severed his body from his thighs. Soon after this affair, in June as he believes, the British & Hessian came out in stronger body, & marched to Springfield, driving the militia before them. A severe battle took place at the bridge, where a Rhode Island regiment of Regulars was stationed, under Colonel Angel. The enemy succeeded in burning the church & the village & retreated back to Eliz th town & Hotten Island, pursued & harassed by the militia. Genl. Wind, & the officers before named were present, as well as this Deponent & his company at this engagement. - Genl. Washington & his army were believed to be on the advance from Morristown to Springfield. Some of his army were posted in the hills near Springfield, but few if any arrived in season to take part in the action. This Deponent was scarcely at home once from the beginning of this campaign in March till some time in July or August as he vividly believes, but constantly engaged in fatiguing marches from place to place, by night & by day oftentimes, for the full period as he vividly believes of five months, under his company officers. -
There is one month of guard duty, which this Deponent performed at Eliz th town, which he has not recited, either in his original Declaration nor in this supplement. He cannot recollect the year, nor the names of his officers; but he performed the service in the extreme cold of the winter, & suffered so severely, he really apprehended he should freeze & perish. He remembers in the time, of a serious difficulty he had with one or two officers in the night, expecting the counter-sign. The enemy at the time were in a large body on Hotten Island, threatening a descent on the town. -
In the year 1781, he enlisted for six months, but has entirely forgotten his Captain's name, but it was in Col. Sely's regiment. He took the place of Stephen

x Leonard, who had just married a wife, & offered some gratuity to any one who would take his place in the company. He joined the company & regiment in May, as he believes, at Dobbs ferry on the Hudson, where they lay stationed perhaps 8 or 10 weeks, & were then marched to the neighbourhood called Leons farms , between Newark & Elizabeth town. He continued in this company & regiment, stationed near to Elizabeth town, Connecticut farm & Springfield, until about some time in October, as he believes, when Leonard again returned to the company & took this deponent's place, he having served, not the full period of his engagement, but as nearly as he can recollect, five months. His officers consented that Leonard should return, & gave this deponent his discharge verbally. In this term of five months, he recollects no skirmishes or battles which occurred, & he thinks he performed no military duty after 1781. He never recd. any written discharge nor commission, but acted throughout as a private, except on one tour at Eliz th town, when the Sergeant being absent, & one wanting, this deponent was appointed Sergeant by his Captain. The time when this took place he does not remember. — He served as a militia man for several short tours, upon several alarms — but cannot now specify the times, nor the duration, nor the names of his officers. — He is fully sensible of the weakness of his memory, & of his great forgetfulness of names. — He has in the course of his narration in all probability, mistaken dates of transactions, & names of officers — all of which he hopes & trusts will be charitably set down to the infirmities of old age. He has endeavoured to adhere strictly to truth , in all his facts & statements, according to his honest belief, & to the best of his remembrance & knowledge. — He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Morris town 51 years ago, & about 25 years since, he joined the Presbyterian Church in Rockaway, & was chosen an Elder in that Church about that time, & has lived in peace & Christian fellowship with all his brethren. — He respectfully refers to a certificate voluntarily handed to him by his Pastor, the Rev. Barnabas King, for his character & steadiness in the Church. He conscientiously believes he has faithfully served his country, for the full period of two & a half years, at the least, & that he has not & cannot specify, all his tours of duty, by a very considerable number of months. — But for those which he has before specified he claims a pension from his government. — He omits to state, that for several years past, he has had a complaint of the head, which he believes has greatly affected & injured his memory. Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morris town, the date first mentioned.
Charles Freeman J. Pease John Garrigus
I hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions, that Charles Freeman Esq r . before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, is a Justice of peace in Morris County, duly commissioned, & that the signature of his name thereto, is genuine. Morris town, July 25 th 1833.
Lewis Condict, one of the late Rep s from New Jersey.

The settled and ordained minister of the Gospel in the first Presbyterian congregation at Rockaway in the said county of Morris; who being duly sworn according to Law, on his Oath saith that the foregoing certificate by him made and certified respecting that character of John Garregus is true -
Sworne to and subscribed before me the date as above
Barnabas King
Joseph Jackson
Joseph Jackson Esq. whose signature above, is well known to me to be genuine, is also known to me, as one of the Judges & Justices of Morris County, duly commissioned & authorized.
Morristown, N. Jery., July 26 th 1833.
Lewis Condict, late a Repn. from New Jery.

Morristown Morris county N.J. July 1833
I Barnabas King, Pastor of the Presbyterian church in Morristown, in the county of Morris & State of New Jersey, hereby certify, that I have been acquainted with Mr John Garrigues about twenty-five years. He united with this church, on certificate from the church at Morristown, in 1809 & was the same year elected an elder, & has since that time held a respectable standing as an elder in this church. He is a man of such strict integrity, that his statements may be fully relied upon. In my view, his own testimony, though in his own favour, is entitled to the same weight which it would be entitled to, in behalf of another. He is so conscientious, that, in making out his statements with a view to obtain a pension, he would be more likely to put the time of service, less, than it really was, than to overstate it.
I have often heard him speak of having served his country during the revolutionary war; & I have no doubt, that he performed more service, than, at this advanced period, he will be able, particularly to specify. — He has but a very small portion of this world's goods; has feeble health, & for the few remaining days of life, greatly needs, that help from the government, which he applies for, & which I am persuaded he justly deserves.
Barnabas King
State of New Jersey } Morris county s.s. } Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior courts of common pleas in and for said county, Barnabas King

August 6, 1939.
Veterans' Administration -
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: I desire to obtain, if possible, the record of John Garrigues , said to have been a member of the New Jersey (Morris County) Continental troops , in the Revolutionary War.
Can your records help me? I desire the information for completion of genealogical records.
Sincerely yours,
Chauncy H. Burnett,
550 E. 38 th St.,
Brooklyn,
N.Y.

1939 Sept 12 list to Rev Chas. H. Burnett W.C.
Rev War
2573 INVALID.
File No. 7573
John Garrigues Briot Rev War
Act: June 7, 1823
Index:—Vol. 4, Page 136.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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